We're trying to better organize our software licenses and have been looking for somewhat of a cheap solution. We've considered scanning a copy of every license we have and then storing on a backup somewhere and throwing the hard copy out, but don't know if in an audit that would be acceptable.

Have also been looking into Volume Licensing, which I believe is truly what is needed but was looking for something in the short term

Is this necessary? It is my understanding that if Microsoft comes in for an audit, all they are interested in looking at is paid incoices. Is there anyone out there that has survived and audit that can confirm this?

Yes I can. They want to see where you paid for it..could care less about what keys you have on a sticker, scanned etc. We had to stop using a free sql 2005 std license we got from an ms event that even had a certificate with the ms logo hologram because we didn't pay for it.

Is this necessary? It is my understanding that if Microsoft comes in for an audit, all they are interested in looking at is paid incoices. Is there anyone out there that has survived and audit that can confirm this?

Is this necessary? It is my understanding that if Microsoft comes in for an audit, all they are interested in looking at is paid incoices. Is there anyone out there that has survived and audit that can confirm this?

Yes I can. They want to see where you paid for it..could care less about what keys you have on a sticker, scanned etc. We had to stop using a free sql 2005 std license we got from an ms event that even had a certificate with the ms logo hologram because we didn't pay for it.

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